1933 Northern Ireland general election

1933 Northern Ireland general election

← 1929 30 November 1933 1938 →

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin
Party UUP Nationalist
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918
Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central
Last election 37 seats, 50.8% 11 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 36[u 1] 9[n 1]
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease2
Popular vote 73,791 22,269
Percentage 43.5% 13.2%
Swing Decrease5.3% Increase1.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jack Beattie Éamon de Valera
Party NI Labour Fianna Fáil
Leader since 1929 1926
Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger South Down
Last election 1 seat, 8.0% Did not stand
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 14,436 7,404
Percentage 8.5% 4.4%
Swing Increase0.5% New party

Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

Prime Minister after election

James Craig
UUP

The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

33 of the 52 MPs (63%) were elected unopposed, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. The vast majority of those elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.
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